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A 2.10-g sample of wood from an archaeological site gave 8600 disintegrations of ¹⁴C in a 10-hour measurement. In the same time, a 2.10-g modern sample gave 19000 disintegrations. Calculate the age of the wood.

The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years.

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